Toilet article



' Jan. 26,1926.

5. LICHTIENT'AG TOILET ARTICLE Filed lax-ch31. 1923 2 Shuts-Shoot 1 H. LICHTENTAG Jan. 26 1926.

TOILET ARTICLE Filed March 31 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet;

W 7 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 26, 19 26.

1,570,688 PATENT OFFICE.

nonTENsE IoHTnNTAG, or NEWY RK, N. Y. RUTH msxm nmmsmumx or sAII) LICHTENTAG, nnonnsnn, ASSIGNOR TOJHERSELEAAND ocIs rnsxm, A COPARTNERSHIP DOING Business AS PARIS LABORATORIES, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

ToILnT ARTICLE.

Application flled March 31, 1928. Serial No. 628,959.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HoRTENsE LICHTEN TAG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of the Bronx, Bronx County, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Toilet Articles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to toilet articles, particularly of the two powder compact type, such as a rouge compact and a face powder compact, and aims to devise articles of the character specified above which shall be easy to assemble, and convenient, sanitary and economical to use.

In the accompanying specification I shall describe, and in the annexed drawing show, several illustrative embodiments of the present invention. Itis, however, to be clearly understood that my invention is not limited tothe specific embodiments thereof herein shown and described for purposes of illustrarion only.

Referring to the drawing, wherein I have shown the aforesaid illustrative embodiments of the present invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of Said embodiments, showing the device in open position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of the same; 7

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a .modified form of the .invention, showing the device in its open position; and

Fig. 4 1s a top view of the last-mentioned embodiment of the invention showing one of the cover members thereof in open position.

Referring to the aforesaid illustrative embodiments of the present invention, and especially to the drawing illustrating the same, and more particularly to Figs. 1 and.

2 of the drawing, the illustrative embodiment of the present invention shown in the figures of the drawing referred to comprises an outer member 10, preferably in the form of a box-like member or receptacle having the bottom 11 and the peripheral side wall 12. Within the memberylO is a mirror 13.

I It may here be noted that with the type of mirror is preferred.

remaining features of construction subsequently specified enable the two compacts to be convenienty used with the single mirror, without inverting the box, a rather in convenient and unde'sirablemode of manipulation. However, if desired, two mirrors may be employed with the device of the present invention, though the use of a single I Associated with the box-like member 10 and the cover 14 thereof is powder compact carrying means generally indicated byreferencc ch-aracterlo. The powder compact carrying means 15 preferably includes a powder compact on each side thereof, the two powder compact holders referred to being generally indicated by reference characters 16 and 17. In the present example the compact 21 is the rouge compact, while the compact 17 is the face powder compact. It may here also be stated that in place of the usual type of powder puff, I may use a powder magazine or other means for retaining powder in compact or magazine form. r

Each of the compacts 16 and 17 comprises a supporting member, which serves to carry the powder compact, the two supporting members preferably interfitting and being. preferably of box-like form, and being. so constructed and arranged as to be capable of being detachably fastened together, preferably by frictional engagement. For this purpose, the compact 1.6 may comprise a supporting member 18 having the bottom wall 19 and the flanged peripheral flange or side wall 20. The supporting member 18 carries a rouge or other compact 21-. The compact 21 may be held in place on the support 18 by means of a ring or other retaining. means 22 which may be attached to the supporting member 18 by any suitable means, as by adhesive.

v The compact holder 17, like the compact holder 16, comprises a supporting member 25 in the form of a box-like member comprising a bottom wall 23 and a peripheral flange or side wall 25 for cooperation with the similar peripheral flange or wall 20 of the" supporting member 18. The supporting member :25 carries a face powder or other compact 26 which is held in place on the bottom wall 23 of the supporting member" 25 by any suitable means, as

by "adhesive.

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The compact holders 16 and 17 are arranged to be detachably fastened together, as by the frictional engagement of the side walls 20 of the compact holder 16 with and within the side wall 25 of the compact holder 17. I may, if desired, provide additional means, such as one or more pins on the s de wall 20 for cooperation with a corresponding number of slots in the side wall 25, in the manner of one of more bayonet joints, for effecting the desired frictional engagement between the compacts 16 and 17. I also provide the compact 16 with a pivoted retaining member 27 for holding the rouge or equivalent powder pad 28 in place on the rouge compact 21. In the same way, the con ip act 17 is provided with a pivoted retaining member 29 for retaining the face powder or equivalent powder puff 30 in place on the face powder compact 26. It may here also be pointed out that there is provided a space 31 within which any identifying means or any other small article, such as a few common, safety or hair pins may be kept. V

The two compacts 16 and 17 are preferably so mounted with respect to the outer member 10 as to be reversible, as by being rotatable, so as to present either compact, that is, either the rouge or the face powder compact, to the inner face of the outer member 10, that is, to the mirror 13 contained within the box-like member 10. While various means may be employed for this purpose, I prefer to employ the means illustrated and comprising a plurality of bent wire pivot members 32, the outer ends 33 of which are pivotally supported in apertures or indentations 34, or otherwise, in the side wall 12 of the outer box-like or other member 10. The inner ends 35 of the pivot member 32 bear within indentations or aper' tures 36 in the side wall 25 of the compact 17. The pivot members 32 are so constructed, proportioned and arranged as to permit the combined compact holders 16 and 17 to be raised as a unit, by a sort of combined pivotal and rectilinear motion, out of the box-like member 10, into such a position that the two compacts may now be rotated about the pivot supports 32 to bring either com pact, as desired, into such a position that it will be opposed to the inner face of the boxlike member 10 and the mirror 13 contained therein. The compact holders 16 and 17 are preferably smaller in diameter than the diameter of the outer box 10 so as to permit the raising movement of the compact holders heretofore described.

The manner of constructing and assembling the device described in detail above will be clear to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates and need not be further enlarged upon here. The manner of usin the device will be in part clear from the foregoing description and in part obvious to persons commonly using such devices.

The advantages of the foregoing device in construction and operation are numerous and of great practical importance. Due, also, to the frictional engagement between the supporting members carrying the two compacts, either compact may be replaced separately without the necessity of replacing the two compacts together. The frictional engagement between the supporting members carrying the two compacts renders the refilling operation easy, convenient and economical. At the same time, the construction specified above provides a little container or receptacle in which additional toilet or other small articles may be conveniently contained. It may here also be stated that the supporting member for the rouge compact, which latter is comparatively small, may be used, in the space left available thereon for this purpose, to contain a lip stick, eyebrow pencil or the like.

In Figs. 3 and 4: of the drawing, I have shown a second illustrative embodiment of the present invention in which the desired reversability or rotatability of the two com pact holders is arranged by providing a ring d0 hinged at 41 to the outer box or equivalent member 42. The ring 40 carries the pivots 43. The pivots 4L3 carry for rotation within the ring 40 the two compacts, generally indicated here by reference character i l. The manner of operating this device will be clear from this brief description and the advantages of the same in construction, operation and use are substantially the same as for the illustrative embodiment already described. The construction of the twin compactett is otherwise substantially the same as for the combined compacts 16 and 17 already described, the principal feature of this species of the invention being the different means employed for permitting the reversal or rotation of the two compacts.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a toilet article of the two powder compact type, powder compact carrying means comprising a plurality of powder compact supporting members interfitting at their peripheral edges, a powder compact carried by each of said supporting members on the exposed faces thereof, means associated with said supporting members for detachably fastening the same together, a container for the powder compact supporting members, and means to pivotally mount the said supporting members within the container, whereby either compact may be operatively exposed.

2. In a toilet article of the two powder compact type, powder compact carrying means comprising a plurality of powder compact supporting members interfitting at their peripheral edges, a powder compact carried by each of said supporting members on the exposed faces thereof, a bayonet lock associated with said interfitting edges for detachably fastening the same together, a casing, and a pair of links pivotally mounted therein, said links pivotally engaging the powder compact supporting member at opposed points whereby the sup porting member may be swung clear of the casing to expose either compact.

3. A toilet article of the two powder com-- pact type comprising in combination a container, a powder compact carrying member housed within said container, and a plurality of diametrically disposed links pivotally connecting the powder compact carrying member to the container whereby said powder compact carrying member may be swung clear of the container and rotated to operatively expose eitherface thereof.

4. A toilet article of the two powder compact type comprisingin combination a container, a pair of links pivotally carried thereby, and a powder compact carrying member pivotally mounted between the free ends of said links, whereby the powder compact carrying member may be swung into or out of said container and rotated to opera tively expose either face thereof.

5. A toilet article of the two powder compact type comprising in combination a container, a plurality of powder compact carrying members inter-fitting at their peripheral edges, and a plurality of pivoted supporting members carried by the container, said powder compact carrying members being pivotally mounted at the free ends of said supportlng members as a unit, whereby said powder compact carrying members may be swung into or out of said container and rotated to operatively expose either compact.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification this 2nd day of a March, 1923.

HORTENSE LICHTENTAG. 

